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Wiktionary (0.00 / 0 votes) Rate this definition: prehensile (Adjective). Able to take hold of and clasp objects; adapted for grasping especially by wrapping around an object. Some monkeys have prehensile tails which they use to pick things up.
Their tails help them balance themselves when they do this. Flying squirrels and kangaroo rats use their tails as rudders. They can change direction in mid-air. Dogs use tails for communication. Some animals have prehensile tails, meaning they can grab things with their tail. Many monkeys can do this. (Check out some monkeys with prehensile tails at: http://daphne.palomar.edu/primate/prim_4.htm) There is also a prehensile tailed skink (a kind of lizard). Cows and horses swat away flies with their tails. Can you think of any other uses? Some of us are tail impaired.